Telephone 001 212 598 6558; fax 001 212 598 6169. BACKGROUND Earlier approaches to pallidotomy for refractory Parkinson’s disease had significant complication rates. More recent approaches show fewer ...

OBJECTIVE Posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP) has proved to be an effective method for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. However, data on bilateral procedures are still limited. To assess the effects ...

In patients with cirrhosis and ascites, creation of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt may reduce the ascites and improve renal function. However, the benefit of this procedure as ...

这类手术被称为“神经核团毁损术”（pallidotomy 或 thalamotomy）。但问题也很明显，这些操作是不可逆的。一旦“破坏”了大脑中某个关键区域，带来的功能损伤是无法恢复的。 03 深部脑刺激（DBS） 想象一下：大脑的某个区域出了问题，我们既不需要切掉它 ...